accelerating at a green light my 98 cavalier made somewhat of a slight boom sound and the power steering was gone, the temp guage went directly to hot, and the dummy light for the battery came on. I pulled over and shut the car off, popped the hood and could see antifreeze all over everything on the bottom portion of the passenger side of the motor. It covered the right front tire and splashed up onto the side of the car. I also noticed that the serpentine belt had no tension and could be pulled right off the pulley for the alternator very easily by hand, hence the power steering and battery light. My guess is the water pump, because all rad hoses appear fine, as does the radiator. could someone tell me if im on the right track?
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18 years ago